Synonyms for keynote
ˈkiˌnoʊtkey·note

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1. keynotenoun

   the principal theme in a speech or literary work

   Synonyms:
   tonic

2. keynotenoun

   a fundamental or central idea

   Synonyms:
   tonic

3. tonic, keynoteverb

   (music) the first note of a diatonic scale

   Synonyms:
   soda water, tonic water, tonic, soda pop, quinine water, soda, restorative, pop

4. keynoteverb

   set the keynote of

   "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection"

5. keynoteverb

   give the keynote address to (an audience)

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1. List of paraphrases for "keynote":

   introductory, main, tone, opening, inaugural, principal, thrust

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1. Eleanor Holmes Norton:

   Although formerly enslaved Americans paid for this statue, the design and sculpting process was done without their input or participation, and it shows, the statue fails to depict how enslaved African Americans pressed for their own emancipation. At the time, they had only recently been liberated from slavery and were grateful for any recognition of their freedom. However, in his keynote address at the unveiling of the statue, Frederick Douglass pointedly did not praise the statue, and, indeed, in private remarks, went as far as to say, it ‘showed the Negro on his knee when a more manly attitude would have been indicative of freedom.’.

2. Phil Schiller:

   The current health situation has required that we create a new WWDC 2020 format that delivers a full program with an online keynote and sessions.

3. Tim Miller:

   Heston met with Jeb at that NRA convention and was the head of the NRA at the time, but it was Kayne Robinson who presented Jeb with the rifle for being keynote speaker.

4. Marian Thier:

   I landed in Florence at six o'clock in the morning, gave a keynote speech and returned to the airport that evening to fly back to the U.S., i thought, I am never doing this again.

5. Vander Plaats:

   I can’t believe Iowans of any stripe would endorse this keynote speaker.